Girls' name · since 1965
Alece
84 babies named Alece in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,050 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 84
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
Alece sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 84 recorded since 1965.
Social Security Administration records show Alece recorded 84 times among girls since 1965, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2011.
- #29,050 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 84 born since 1965
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alece ranks #29,050 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 84 born since 1965, peaking in the 1980s.
- #29,050 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 84
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
Alece's 84 recorded births place it above 59.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alece's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alece splits its recorded history at 1989: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1965 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alece popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2011
- Peak year (2002)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Alece by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (33 births, 39% of the file).
1980s was Alece's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Alece births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
33 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
20 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 33 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Alece's decade-level peak was the 1980s (33 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alece: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1965–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alece draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.